Rail fastening and gage.



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RAIL PASTENING D GAGE.

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C. K. MGDERM0TT- RAIL FASTENING AND GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 9, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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RAIL rAs'rnNrNo AND GAGE.

Specification oil Letters Patent. Patented Allg. 11, 1914; A

Application led December'S, 1913. Serial llil o. 805,593.

to provide for suitably securing or fastenl ing rails, especially of railways, in place and eil'ictwely against displacement.

'A fiuther Objectis to provide for suitably gaging or adjusting the rails'in maintaining the gage as the sides of the balls of thewails as they wear away. i

A. still further obj'ect is to provide for carrying out the aforesaid ends in a simple, expeditious land effective manner.

The invention therefore consists of certain instrumentalities,together with struc tural features, substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the appended claims.

ln the `accompanying drawings is illustrated the preferred embodiment oi' my invention, wherein it will be understood that various changes and modifications as to the detailed parts may be made without departing .from the spirit of the invention, and in which. drawings-4 Figure 1 is a. side elevation of my invention as applied for use in connection' with a railway rail and aifcessory parts, the latter, together with the railway rail, being shown in section. 2 is a like view of the same paris, showing the same in locked position. Figs. 8 and 4- are disassembled perspective `views ot the slidabl'e interacting or interlocking members or llevers. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the tieplate partly mutilated. Fig. 6 is a side View of the wedge or cani action member. 7 is a. nwdilication, in side view of the wedge or cam action member.

In carrying out ymy invention, T. employ in connection with a tie-i'ilate or bar 1 of a n'ietallic, concreteor wooden tie, a sorethreaded or bolt-like wedge action member 2 and two interacting or interlocking' members or levers 3 and 4, said latter members being adapted to be actuated by the memher will presently more fully appear. The members 3 and 4 are plate-like in genwedge-action member 2 an eral'outline and have alinin'g elongated slots or apertures 5 and 6, respectively, which receive the shank or body Aortion 7 of the so as to allow of a compound or vertical and horizontal or lateral movement of -said members 3 4and 4e, as said wedge action member is actuated, Themember 3 has a plane or horizontal portion 8 terminating at one end in an eXf tension or tongue 9 and an inclined portion 10, terminating at one end in an extension or ton e 11. The member 4 is'downwardly exten ed at its ends, as at .12, 13 respec tively, one end extension 13 having an aper4 ture 14'therein and a horizontal outwardly projecting tongue 15, the other end extension 12 having a tongue '16 struck up vtherefrom and-inclined upwardly to conform to' and bear upon the' base or foot of the rail, as clearly shown, said struck-up tongue forms a. slot 17 in the' end-extension 12. The tongues 9 and 11 of the plate of 1nember 3 are received by the openings or apertures 14 and 17 of the member 4, while the tongue 15 is inserted or passed downwardly through an opening 18 in the tie plate or bar 1 and is caused to take under the latter, the shoulders 20 resulting from the formation of the tongue 15 resting upon the tie' 3 enga es the opposed inclination of the wedgeormation of the member 2, the other inclination of thel'la'tter memberbeing en@ gaged by a downwardly turned or inclined extension or projection 21 of the tic-plate 1, the action of which arrangement of parts, it will be seen has the effect, as the nut 22 upon thewed e action member 2 is suitably actuated to idring the members 3 and 11 forcibly together and accordingly cause the tongues 11 and 16 of said members to grip the rail base or foot and thus provide for firmly or eliectively securing the rail 'in position. The extension or projection 21 of the base plate 1 is recessed or cut away, as at 23, for clearance of the bolt-like portion or body 7 or" the cam action member 2, as the parts are brought to locked position. It is also observed that the tie-plate may be either plane In the modification as suggested by Fig.l .7, the Wedge or cam action member 2 may be substituted by an incline-plane member 2,, one face of the latter being perpendicular in this instance, as seen, While the other face only is produced upon au incline; also this device may be applied to the common or well-known metallic type of tie, as is apparent. It is also noted that the device is ada ted to provide for maintaining the gage of the thread or ball of the rail, as in compensating for the Wear thereof by suitably manipulating the wedge or cam action member 2.

I claiml. A rail fastening and gage including, in. teracting members, one having an inclined portion, and tongues at its ends, the other interacting member having right angled end portions adapted to receive said tongues, one of said right angled end portions havin an inclined tongue, said inclined tongue an an end tongue of the other interacting member being adapted to engage-the tie-plate4 and the base or foot of the rail and a cam or Wedge action member insertible through said interacting members and having en gagement with an inclined portion of an and the base or foot of the rail, and a cam or Wedge action member insertihle through said interacting members and having engagement with an inclined portion of an intei-acting member, said cam-action member having means adapted to exert pressure upon said. interacting members, saidl tieplate having a downwardly inclined extension adapted to engage said cam or wedge action member.

Inl testimony whereof l afiix my signature in presence of tivo 'Witnesses CHARLES K. MCDERMTT. Witnesses:

C. H. Hnxnsnr, I. B. GRAHAM.

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